http://www.heyuemusic.com Yesterday Once More Tomorrow I will take my wife to the hospital, in Hangzhou for her guzheng performance, and I am about to be a father. After being busy, I sat by the computer and suddenly wanted to listen to military music that I used to like. By chance, I discovered the Carpenters' song "Yesterday Once More" that XW sang at our 1995 school reunion. That was the first time I heard this song, and it has been etched in my memory ever since. Fifteen years have passed, and circumstances have changed. It's now difficult for classmates to gather again, and even when we see each other, some of us pass by as if we don't recognize each other. Just two years ago, xyc came to Fangsi Ping and met a few of us who had moved to the countryside. Someone reminded me not to call her by her nickname anymore because others would laugh when they heard it. Talking about these things, it's hard for classmates to meet now as everyone is busy with their own livelihoods. We exchange only a few words when we do meet. It's not that people have changed; it's just that society has become more realistic. I think the happiest days of my life were probably during fifth and sixth grade at Xichang Street Elementary School. Although I was slapped a few times by Teacher Dai, I never hated him. I always remember how when he turned around to write on the blackboard, his back would always be marked with chalk imprints of the Nine Yin Bone Claw from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" by LM. The students below would raise their hands mimicking the claw gesture, but as soon as Teacher Dai turned around, all the hands would drop in perfect rhythm. Truly unprecedented mischief! When Teacher An took over our class, she said, "Your class doesn't respect teachers; you all call your head teacher by name." She asked if their class did the same, and LH raised his hand and told her, "You're called An Tuotuo in our class," causing the whole class to burst into laughter. Class 5B was the key observation class at Xichang Street Elementary School, and Principal Liu always said so. During class, there were those smoking, sleeping, having tangerine peel gunfights, and even water gun battles—everything imaginable. Whenever the teacher assigned too much homework, the whole class would protest together. Teacher Dai would get angry and say, "In your class, evil prevails over good." Back then, I spent every day copying homework. When going to the class officers to recite texts, they would always rush me, asking me to quickly recite the first and last sentences. When Teacher Dai stayed after school, I initially stayed obediently, but later I just went home for dinner, returning with an oily mouth to continue staying after school. There were also those brothers who swore allegiance several times in Martyrs Park, but now they are nowhere to be found. Back then, our wise older brother led us through the dense forsythia bushes in Martyrs Park to secretly watch middle school students dating, often making the embarrassed couples quickly untangle themselves and leave. After evening self-study, boys and girls would play cops and robbers on the school playground, running and laughing until they were drenched in sweat before heading home. The students loved to gossip about who was dating whom, with the red blushes of shyness adorning the faces of the protagonists in these stories. It wasn't until I was in my twenties and watched adult films that I understood what dating was like. Our innocence back then was truly adorable. Those carefree days slipped away unknowingly. Youth Digest Youth Digest http://www.heyuemusic.com